I was already an avid genealogist, when I attended a family reunion in 1990. It was there I saw a photo over a century old of a distant relative, taken in the town I grew up in, in a state I had moved from ten years earlier.

While I had lived there, I had no idea any relatives had ever been in that area. That was really a catalyst for me. I soon discovered that several ancestors and many relatives were buried within thirty miles of my home town.

I am currently looking for the grave of a GG-Grandmother, who died within ten miles of another town, in another state, where I had lived prior to school age.

In this highly mobile day and age, we move around a lot. As a modern society, it's very easy to lose a sense of our roots. Yet, they are all around us. We need only to acknowledge them, and honor them.

Marie Ann Bierwirth SpahnHello, Deke. I noticed that for Marie Ann Bierwirth Spahn, you have herself listed as her sibling. her Find A Grave ID# is 38274970. Just wanted to let you know about that. Thank you, Mitchell

I have more info for 39045042HELLO,I HAVE MUCH MORE INFO FOR MARGIE M. SCHACHTNER'S MEMORIAL (39045042), I HAVE ADDED TWO PHOTOS TO THE MEMORIAL! SO IF YOU GIVE ME YOUR DIRECT EMAIL...I WILL FORWARD ALL THE INFORMATION FOR YOU TO ENTER, OR YOU MAY TRANSFER MANAGEMENT OF THIS MEMORIAL TO ME... MY CONTRIBUTOR NUMBER IS: 48168002 I AM A DISTANT RELATIVE OF THIS PERSON.

PhotosI'll be going back to Evergreen in a few weeks to continue my project there. If you have a location/plot I can do yours sooner, but I'll get to it eventually. I'm proceeding counter clockwise from the SW corner and am about 25% completed. It may get finished this year, but I won't make any promises. Most of the stones need edging before I can take a photo.

RE: Elizabeth French HammittLewis was related ... I have pictures of Lewis and Eliz and Hugh and Nancy Hammitt ... but that is as far up as my pictures go ... trying to follow the French line ... Elizabeth's mother ... or grandmother ... John